New construction in Centralia during 2022 totaled nearly $10.8-million. The total construction is up more than $3-million from 2021.
There were several large projects making up most of the total. The biggest was a $2.5-million addition of a new multipurpose building at Schiller Grade School.
JW Hubbard Properties LLC has received two $1.2-million permits for two new buildings on West McCord Street. One will be for testing the quality of cannabis and the other for soil and water testing.
Two permits were issued for new restaurant facilities. Rachel Wallace received a $600,000 building permit for the new Scooter’s Coffee Drive-Through business at 280 North Brookside. Turbo Restaurants US, LLC received a $210,00 permit to remodel a standalone building in the Fairview Shopping Center for a new Arby’s Restaurant.
Other commercial permits included a $500,000 permit to the Local Storage Group for two mini-storage units at 635 Aaron Parkway, another $500,000 permit for a rail spur at Hawkins, Incorporated at 302 Swan Avenue, and a $53,000 permit to Tim Benedict for an addition to the Intermountain Electronics Building at 400 Swan Avenue.
Permits were issued for new oil wells. John Prior received a permit at 104 East 15th and TD Energy for South Walnut Street. Each of the oil wells had a cost of $350,000.
SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital at 400 North Pleasant was issued a $507,854 permit for construction of a solar array.
Permits were also issued for the construction of four new homes and to locate three mobile homes. Permits were approved for seven solar projects, including the large one at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. 15 permits were issued for the construction of wheelchair ramps. Most are projects provided free of charge to the homeowners by Mission Centralia.
Most of the 164 total permits were for fences, outbuildings, garages, carports, and pools. There were also 18 demolition permits issued during the year. Two were to tear down a commercial building at 1829 South Pine. Ten others were to tear down homes. Like it is doing again this year, the city waived all fees for demolition permits in 2022.
